Context The onset of cigarette smoking typically occurs during childhood or early
adolescence. Nicotine dependence symptoms can manifest soon after onset, contributing to …

Background Laws restricting sales of tobacco products to minors exist in many countries, but
young people may still purchase cigarettes easily. Objectives The review assesses the …

Characterizing school health promotion is its category-by-category approach, in which each
separate health-related behavior is addressed independently. Such an approach creates a …

BackgroundDiscussions and debate about youth smoking, alcohol use, and illegal
substance use (collectively referred to as youth substance use) continue to receive wide …

Aim To provide a systematic overview of longitudinal studies on different smoking-specific
parenting practices (ie, perceived parental norms and influences, smoking-specific …

BACKGROUND: Parental smoking and early-emerging nicotine dependence symptoms are
well-documented risk factors for adolescent smoking. However, very little is known about the …

Objectives: To assess parental influence on smoking behaviour by high school students in
an Asian culture and to compare the relative importance of parental and peer influence …

Schools are overloaded with health promotion programs that, altogether, focus on a broad
array of behavioral domains, including substance abuse, sexuality and nutrition. Although …

Recent scholarship suggests that the genomes of those around us affect our own
phenotypes. Much of the empirical evidence for such “metagenomic” effects comes from …

Background The current study utilizes system dynamics to model the determinants of youth
smoking and simulate effects of anti-smoking policies in the context of North Dakota, a state …